insidious_calm
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It's done. My first ten rounds. After finally getting all the stuff I had been waiting on I tooke the plunge today. My load consisted of 178gr Hornady Moly AMAX, 43.0gr of Varget, CCI benchrest primers, and Hornady brass. I used a Hornady full length die with a neck bushing of .336.
I waited 3-5 minutes between shots and was fairly impressed with the results for my first ever handloads. Excluding the 3 flyers, which I attribute to my improvised shooting conditions (IE shooter error), its looks like about a 1/2 MOA group. Not bad for shooting from a bipod out of the back of a truck.
I didn't see any pressure warning signs. Not that I know what I'm looking for other than the pictures in the manual, but I think it is good. Velocity was slightly higher than what the manual said which I guess was because of the molyed bullets. I think I try another 1/2gr of varget to see if it will tighten up a bit more and give a little more speed. Velocity was fairly consistent with a high of 2554fps, a low of 2529fps, and an average of 2542fps.
I waited 3-5 minutes between shots and was fairly impressed with the results for my first ever handloads. Excluding the 3 flyers, which I attribute to my improvised shooting conditions (IE shooter error), its looks like about a 1/2 MOA group. Not bad for shooting from a bipod out of the back of a truck.
I didn't see any pressure warning signs. Not that I know what I'm looking for other than the pictures in the manual, but I think it is good. Velocity was slightly higher than what the manual said which I guess was because of the molyed bullets. I think I try another 1/2gr of varget to see if it will tighten up a bit more and give a little more speed. Velocity was fairly consistent with a high of 2554fps, a low of 2529fps, and an average of 2542fps.